Milk-bottle closure



yF. HACHIVIANN.

MILKIBOTTLE CLOSUREr APPLICATION FILED IEB. I4, 1921.

1,418,439.' Patented June 6, 1922;

FREDERICK IIAGIIMANN, or' sr. LoUIsr, IIIssoURI, AssIsNoR 'roE WILLIAIYI'II; GREGG,

' or sa', LoUIs, MISSOURI. y y

MILK-BOTTLE -cLosURn-f Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted June 6, 1922.

Application led February 14,1921. Serial No. 444,912.v

T o all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICKl IIACHM-ANN, a citizen of the United States, and resident [of the city of St. Louis, State off Missouri,

the same is also useful as a closure for other v bottles in place of ordinary corks or other to construct a cheap closures.

A further object of my improvement is vand efficient closure which may be applied and detached to various forms and constructions of bottle necks.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a closure and portion of a bottle neck of the milk bottle type. p

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the closure stamped from a single piece of metal and before the same is formed.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the clamp by means of which the closure may be fastened to a bottle neck. Y

Fig. 4 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the spring by means of which the lid of the closure is clamped to the bottle.l i

Referring to the drawings, 6 indicates the closure lid and 7 the handle. These parts being formedintegral and stamped from a single piece of material, `as illustrated in Fig. 2. Formed integral with the handle portion 7 are perforated ears 8. The lid portion 6 is slightly concaved, as at 9, to conform and fit the top edge of the bottle neck. After the lid portion 6, the handle 7 and the perforated ears 8 have been stamped they are conformed and -bent for use, as illustrated in Fig. 1. 9a indicates the means by which the closure is fastened to the bottle neck. This clamp 4has two spring arms y 10 and 11, which depend from the central portion 12. The arm 10 is provided with an inwardly curved or bent portion 13 and with an odset portion 14. Thisoffset portion, 'when the device is in use, rests in the.

scat 15 primarily used for the ordinary pa# per disc or cover. The arm 11 of the fastener is provided with an outwardly curved portion 16 and with an inwardly curved portion 17, which when the device isin use binds or rests against the external flange 18 of the bottle neck.. The arm 11 near its terminal portion is further provided with an inwardly projecting tooth or prong 19, which also engages the flange 18 of the bottle. Formedintegral with the fastening `device 9a and especially with the arm 11 of said device are trunnions 20. These trunnions are adapted to fit inthe perforations 21a of the ears 8. Mounted on these trunnions is a coil spring 21, thecentral portion 22of which is located beneath the portion'12 of the fastener and the .free ends 23 rest beneath the handle 7. By means of` this spring the lid of the closure is held seatedl on the top edge of the bottle neck.

` After my device has been constructed as described, it is y applied to the bottle by means of seating the same on the neck thereof, the arm 10 being seated on the inside surface of the bottle neck and' the arm 11 on the outside surface thereof and the portion 12 resting on the top edge thereof.

The arms 10 and 11 being inherently elastic will exert a clamping action on both the in` side and outside surfaces of the neck and against the flange formed thereon, the prong 19 assisting in holding the closure in place.

By reference to Fig'.` 1 it. will be observed that the pressure necessary to open` the lid will be exerted againstv the `lower portion of the flange 18 and, therefore, not

lift or displace the closure from the bottle.

in opposite directions, the outer one of which to preventl the closure from being accidentis provided With an inwardly and upwardly ally displaced, and a. spring mounted on projecting` tooth and the inner one with an said clamping member for holding the lid 10 offset portion, which are adapted to clamp member closed. A

the' bottle neck at opposite points on the in- In testimony whereof, have" signed my side and outside surfaces thereof and the name tothis specification.

said tooth adapted to engage the bottle neck FREDERICK HACHMANN. 

